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Obelisk of São Paulo

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Location
  
São Paulo, Brazil

Type
  
Obelisk

Height
  
72 m (236 ft 3 in)

Beginning date
  
1947

Designer
  
Galileo Ugo Emendabili

Material
  
Travertine marble

Completion date
  
1970

Obelisk of São Paulo

Opening date
  
July 9, 1955 (1955-07-09)

Similar
  
Monument to the Bandeiras, Professor Aristóteles Orsini Pla, Monument to the Independ, Matarazzo Building, Viaducto Santa Ifigênia

Obelisk of São Paulo (in Portuguese: Obelisco de São Paulo) or Obelisk of Ibirapuera (in Portuguese: Obelisco do Ibirapuera) is an obelisk in Ibirapuera Park in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

This monument is a symbol of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932, and the biggest monument of the city of São Paulo. The height of the monument is 72 meters (236 ft 3 in). The construction of the monument was started in 1947 and completed in 1970.

The obelisk is a project of the Italo-Brazilian sculptor Galileo Ugo Emendabili, who arrived at Brazil in 1923. The obelisk, made with pure travertine marble, was inaugurated on July 9, 1955, one year after the inauguration of Ibirapuera Park.

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Obelisk of São Paulo Wikipedia